Storyline

Spanning over two decades of research and innovation from the 1960s to the early-1980s, the Arboria Institute--a secluded New Age commune and a state-of-the-art research facility--and the pill-popping psychiatrist, Dr Barry Nyle, are particularly interested in their newest specimen: the female patient, Elena. To begin to understand her mind-boggling telekinetic and telepathic abilities, the demented doctor keeps Elena heavily sedated and in a constant catatonic state; however, her capabilities are unfathomable. What are Dr Nyle's deeper intentions? In the end, could the institute's utopian doctrine be flawed after all?

Plot Keywords

therapy session, doctor patient relationship, doctor, patient, year 1983, futuristic, canuxploitation, color in title, photograph, psychopath, retro, retro horror, lynchian, telepathy, exploitation, four word title, nurse, 1980s

Short Review

There's much to admire about Panos Cosmatos' directorial debut, but the end result is admittedly not for all tastes.

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